Embodied Herbalism – Herbal Tastes
Want clarity and mastery when it comes to herbal medicine!? Want to deepen your relationship with the plants? Want to find an easier way to understand the info that comes with learning herbalism?
It’s time to take herbal education out of your head, and into your body! Your taste buds are gonna want to be there!
Build mastery through direct experience
Too often we equate learning with reading or being told something. This head knowledge is good, but only one part of ‘knowing’ herbs. Direct experience is also crucial. What we actually feel, taste, see, touch and smell with our bodies.
Imagine the difference in being told bitters support digestion, vs actually tasting bitter and feeling your digestive system respond. Imagine knowing astringency helps heal wounds vs actually tasting astringency and feeling how that action can heal wounds.
The Embodied Herbalism: Herbal Tastes course is a deep dive into a more authentic, embodied way of knowing herbs – by building your direct experience and understanding of the herbs you work with.
Understanding herbal tastes gives you a framework to easily slot new info into place and retain what you’re learning about various herbs.
Understanding herbal tastes also puts you in the driver’s seat –you’re not just relying on what someone told you, but have a way of actually understanding herbal medicine and building up your OWN capacity and relationship with the plants.
This allows you to understand why some herbalists say x, others say y and you have head+body knowledge so you can confidently come to your own conclusions.
The best experience in a class ever! The wisdom embodied in Cat shines out and is easily transferred in both language of layment and technical. So humble and always explaining if she does not know. She is phenomenal!
Amy. 2024
Amazing course! Cat knows how to seamlessly combine scientific knowledge and grounded information about herbs and plant wisdom. She shares with such passion and enthusiasm, it’s impossible not to get excited about herbalism!
C. 2024
I really enjoyed the structure of the coures and the interactive tasting component. Everyone felt safe to share their ideas and questions. It was a very welcoming and inspiring environment and Cat’s passion for herbs is contagious
L. 2024
I would highly recommend this cousre to anyone wishing to depen their experiential relationship with herbs. Cat is a wealth of wisdom and this course has left me empowered and inspired to continue developing my relationship with herbs, healing and mother nature
A. 2024
Embodied Herbalism – Herbal Tastes course
In Embodied Herablism, you’ll learn to understand herbal tastes and how that translates to herbal actions and best preparation methods. More importantly though, you’ll be guided to build your own relationship with the plants and build confidence in your own hands-on, embodied, experiential learning.
Understanding herbal tastes, you’ll be able to:
- know the general patterns of how these herbs work in our body
- know what chemical constituents are likely to be present and then we know which preparation methods best suit those constituents
- build a direct relationship with a plant and
- take ownership of your knowledge and understanding – you’re relying on your OWN experience, rather than just what someone’s said.
What will we cover?
We’ll cover the 5 primary tastes (although some people say there’s up to 8/9): sour, salty, sweet, pungent and bitter.
Each week, we’ll experience this taste and reflect on our experience with the group. Then we’ll learn:
- general patterns of herbal actions
- chemical constituents
- main herbs with this taste
- best preparation techniques
- safety and contraindications
This course will also cover:
- why different herbal traditions have different tastes
- how to understand complexity of tastes in herbs
- how to describe taste and body sensations in herbalism
- what energetics is
- the difference between taste and mouthfeel
Embodied Herbalism gives you a really grounded anchor points so you feel confident to explore and better understand herbs.
The reference materials will be thorough and the practices universal, so you can return to them time-and-time again as you meet new herbs.
I’m super excited to share this journey into herbal tastes with you. Whilst I’ll be guiding you, for me it’s not so much about you learning from me, but introducing you to how you can use your body and senses to learn from the plants themselves.
This course is as much about a process of embodied herbalism, a process of building relationships and bone-deep understanding that will last your entire herbal journey.
Key Dates + Info
⭐Herbal Tastes Kits will be posted date February 16 – if you want this option for the online course, you must enroll by this day!
⭐ In person course starts: Saturday February 22. Yandina ⭐
⭐Online course starts: Tuesday, February 27 QLD time ⭐
How does it work?
This course will run for 4 weeks starting mid-February – both online and in-person (if we meet minimum numbers for in-person).
Both online and in-person will be an experiential exploration of herbs, with plenty of time to learn and discuss.
There’ll be a great workbook to help you learn and document your experiences.
Online will be live zoom sessions (and replays available)
Course dates:
In-person course: Saturday, February 22, runs for 4 weeks.
*The in-person course will only go ahead if we meet minimum numbers.
Online course starts: Tuesday February 27, runs 4 weeks.
The live online sessions will be 11am Qld time.
Everything will be accessible on our course page, including recordings.
Can I make this a self-paced course?
Of course!
All the resources will be available for a year following the end of the course for students to access. If you haven’t finished by then, it’s easy to download the course materials to study at your own pace.
⭐Special note for online course + Herbal Tastes Sample Kit
If you’re joining me online and you don’t have heaps of herbs at home, you might want to grab the Herbal Tastes sample kit. It’ll have a few of the harder-to-find herb but I’ll also send a list of some common herbs that you’ll need to source, like lemons or ginger. Given this is an experiential course, I’d highly recommend it, but it’s not necessary and you can absolutely use what you’ve got or source your own herbs – use contact form if you need help deciding.
In-person course, everything will be supplied.
More questions answered below
When we experience a herb with our senses we’re not just “learning” it, but deeply knowing it.
Embodied Herbalism – Herbal Tastes course – IN PERSON
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Embodied Herbalism – Herbal Tastes course – ONLINE
Our taste buds are a potent gateway to deeply understanding herbal medicine. Herbal tastes give us patterns for how herbs
I’m super keen! How much does it cost?
I’m so glad you want to deepen your relationship with the plants and build your direct experience! Here are a few prices:
In-person (if we get minimum numbers):
Earlybird price: $180
Regular Price: $230
Payment Plans are available – just choose PayPal at checkout and select the Pay in 4 option)
Online:
Earlybird price: course alone: $180
Earlybird Price: course + Herbal Taste Sample kit: $220
Regular price: Course alone: $220
Regular price: Course + Herbal Taste Sample Kit (a selection of herbs we’ll use to explore each taste): $250
About your teacher
Cat Green is a passionate folk herbalist, on a mission to bring herbs back where they belong – into our homes!
On top of running Everyday Empowered, I’m an active homeschooling mom, so I get that your life is probably as busy as mine. Yet I also know you want clarity and confidence to use herbal medicine in your home.
I’ve designed this course to be super practical and relevant to you. I think direct experience and embodying your herbal knowledge is the BEST way to learn herbal medicine and it’ll get you from dreaming about making herbal medicine to actually doing it!
When does this course start?
In-person course starts Saturday, Feb 22, 2:00 – 4:00 and runs for 4 weeks.
This course will only go ahead if we meet numbers so please register.
Online course starts Tuesday February 27, 11am QLD time and runs for 4 weeks.
You have the option of joining live or self-study pace.
How long does the course go for?
Embodied Herbalism: Herbal Tastes course runs 4 weeks.
Online
You can follow along with us every week – either live or through replays, or you can have the option of self-paced study in your own time. The benefit of following us live is getting feedback and support and being able to ask questions from her and the others in the group.
How much time do I need to spend on the course each week?
The live sessions each week will go for 2 hours.
Ideally you’ll take what you’ve learnt in this course and continue to play with it at home – this way you’ll learn it and make it your own knowledge and experience.
This can happen during the 4/5 weeks of the course, or in the months afterwards. The workbooks will be a great resource for you to draw on going forward.
If you have time during the course, you might like to spend 10 minutes (a day or week) making a tea and taking time to record taste, how you feel.
With this recommendation, we also know that life is busy, so just honour yourself and your time as needed. You’ve spent money on the course, so take time to connect with your intention and reason for joining us. This might help you prioritise the space for these 6 weeks to dive deeply into learning about these plants. But as always, take time of yourself – you know your own life and capacity best.
I can't make some of the dates or times for the live course - can I still do it?
In-person: let’s decide case-by-case, you might be able to join an online sesion but whilst they are run simultaneously, these courses will run as stand-alones.
Online – If you can’t make the live calls you can still do the course as you can follow the replays and access the pdfs whenever you lik.e
You can also email me with questions and I’ll answer, either via email or in the live calls. You will also have access to the Facebook group so you can share your questions and experiences with your other people on your course.
What if I change my mind?
Once you have signed up you can cancel and get a refund anytime before:
- your Herbal Sample Kit has been shipped out to you.
- you’ve recieved course materials such as the group pages, pdfs or videos
After that there’s no refunds but you’ll be able to self-study at your own pace if you’re busier than you realised.
Can I join from Overseas?
Yes
How do I pay? Are there payment plans?
You can pay online using the secure checkout.
For a payment plan, just choose the option PayPal – Pay in 4 at checkout.
Please get in touch if you need another option.
Do I need to print any resources?
In-person: I will provide a printed course workbook.
Online:
You will receive the PDF’s as digital file. You don’t have to print them unless you prefer to have them as hard copies.
What herbs do I need to do the course?
In-person: I’ll provide all the herbs you’ll need, but you can buy a Herbal Tastes sample kit if you’ve like to continue practicing at home.
Online:
Given this is an experiental course on tasting herbs, I strongly recommend having herbs on hand to work with.
If you’ve got lots of herbs on hand, or have both our DIY remedy kits, you’ll have some of the herbs we’ll taste, and some you can get from the supermarket (ie garlic and lemon).
You can also buy a Herbal Tastes sample kit which will have all the main herbs we’ll talk about in the course.
I’m still finalsing this list, so please get in touch if you want to see what you’ve already got, or could easily access locally to you.
My child loves herbal medicine, will this course suit them?
It depends on the age of your child. If they are over 12 years old and open to talk of energetics then they can participate on their own. If they are under 12 you may want to do the course with your child or assist them where you feel it is needed.
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